Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Emergence of a
Knowledge Economy
in Venice, Italy
LAURIE ZAPALAC
MIT
LZAPALAC@MIT.EDU
Population Change
Embedded Knowledge
Accrued Knowledge
Feedback
Place Knowledge City Knowledge (Carrera, 2004)
Accrued Knowledge
Feedback
Embedded Knowledge
Real Time Information
What types of activities have emerged?
“Knowledge transferring”
Curated
Restored boats selection
Design school Custom snow skis for the new
global
What type of activities have emerged?
“Information-driven”
• Distributed
• Near major routes
• Convenient to transportation needs
Where do they locate?
AGGLOMERATI RESIDENTIAL
ON
Population
All firms
Amenity
Knowledge firms proximity
By sector / Housing
tourism proximity
CIRCULATION CONDITION
Pedestrian Building type /
age
Transportation
(out) Building
condition
Canal transport
(w/in) Acqua alta
Implications